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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe do with the prisoners from the convent?
(a) Strip them and put them in cells.
(b) Puts them in the dungeon.
(c) Kills them.
(d) Ties them up.

2. What does Sharpe do when the French are fifty yards from the trench?
(a) Release an avalanche stones on them.
(b) Send the rockets through their ranks.
(c) Set fire to the trench.
(d) Counterattack with cavalry.

3. How do the defenders of the castle appear to Sharpe?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Angry.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Unconcerned.

4. What does Farthingdale decide to do when the convent is attacked?
(a) Go out the tunnel in the basement.
(b) Wait and see what Sharpe does.
(c) Launch a counterattack.
(d) Hide in the basement.

5. Why isn't Frederickson's fire on the advancing column effective?
(a) The French block the bullets with shields.
(b) The column is too large.
(c) They don't have enough bullets.
(d) His riflemen are poor shots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josefina tell Sharpe about Lord Farthingdale and how he feels about her?

2. What kind of wound does Farthingdale receive?

3. What does Sharpe and his group do before locating Lady Farthingdale?

4. What does Farthingdale do when the attacking forces withdraw?

5. What does Farthingdale announce at the war council?

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